The evening world. Newspaper, June 12, 1901, Page 3

———————— Through The Evening World the TLE J Phillips Family Have Started Life EVENING-WORLD ° 2 : SOLVED PROBLEM. to separate such Joe Phillipe.from hie tam- fly, When everything wae tepey-turvy it was The Bvrening Werld that came to the frent and solved the man Catholic Protectory. RRR ERE RRR EEE EEE: At 12.30 to-day Uttle Joe Phillips, his mother and the "kiis,” Mamie and Lily, sat down to dinner in the new home provided for them by The Evening World’at No. 14 Amster- dam avenue. There was not much emiog done, Dut it was the happiest household seated around a dinner table in the whole city of New York. “It seems like a'dream,” said: Mrs. Phillips, “I'm always afraid I'll nvake up and find it {s not true.” ‘Thus ends aii the troubles of litue doe Phibipg and the “kids. On May S.qgents of the Gerry Boclety fwent to No. 8 Grand street and too® Ante custoty Joe Phillips and his two Aittle aisters, on the ground that they ‘were improperly provided for, ‘The next morning they were arraigned in Jefferson Market’Police Court before Magistrate Pool. There Joe told a story that aroused the.edmiration of the city and the country, He told how, on Apr} 37, his mother had had a fight with another wor-an In the house and had been sent to the Island; how he had taken care of the children after @he left, washing them. dressing them and sending them to school; how he had peoured a job pay- Ing $3 a weekk and eold papers in the evenings, : “I can work and<take care of them all right,” sald the brave little fellow. ‘The Evening Work’ became interested in the case and set to work to seo what «wuld be done for Idttle Joe, It ap- peared at frst that his mother eas not ‘proper guardian, and the project was ta put the boy jn, some family that would take care of him and educate him, . In the meantime, Joe was commited to the Roman Catholle Protectory, in eWetchester, and ‘the! girls were sent to the home of the Deminican Sisters. ‘Among the many who volunteered to take Little Joe was* Dr, H. C. Coe, an eminent physician, Magistrate Pco! vored the Coes, and the Evening World proceeded to nge the matter, Joe wanted to keep on working, but his common sense finally showed him that he had best tuke the advice of his friends, The Evening World ar- ranged a telephone conversation be- tween Joe in th> Protectory ang Mrs. Coe at her summer home at Bayshore, dow told her that i%/ vhe woul take him he weuld go to her home. . Cae cecne to New York and saw 1. phe a, to take the of release was made out ool und/an officer was the astontaiment of «ito leave, the officer Joe “ive got a letter mother on the frliod,” he sald, ad she says for ay here ursh she ate ot, Thats I'm going to Wo} 1am going to hen and) support her and the tex new stand: taken by the boy ze- costated a changg Of the pling af The Evening World, Anew. WL WY y CZ Wir Yi. BODPPGISTEK OTP POPC OOSOGIGFIEGT 16 FOG 1OOHTG FG 164 S94 EU 8 DHS-OE-O 2. 8: ate sees. ‘The character of the mother was In- veetigated. and it was found that se wus pot a bad woman, but en unforta- nate vioum of circumstances and tene- ment Ife, ¢ It was then that The Evening World ecided to secure the relewse of the mother} little Joe and the girls and re- unite the family. The first step was to seeure-a pardon for the mother. This was obtained through the kindness of Magistrate Crane, who ‘had commitetd ber, and she was ‘feleased from the workhouse ut midnight last Friday. ok That /yplght ene was sheltered in a hotel and the next morning The Even- Cn a Ing World reporter secured her an otit- | j- Nt of new clothea and took her to see, Joe and “the kld: The reunion wae a tearful but happy one, and for the first time ghose Inter- ested suw how poignant had been the grief caused by the scattering of this mily. As there was no home for the Phil- ipwes The Eveaing World. on, sfonday, got one It is the ground-floor flat of three rooms In the sterdam avenue. month free and for two months, so the flat’ is secure without further payment to Sept. 1 Mrs. PhINMpe had expressed a desire to buy hez,own furniture. She had always ved in’ furnished rooms, Aw with the income of ttle Joe rhe could afford to pay a amall sum weekly, The Evening Word reporter took her 40 the store of Ludwig) Baumann & Co, ut Thirty- sixth street and Elghth avenue, The re- WBBLE OVER TOLD URY THE FOU FLETCHER CASE Prosecution of Woman Doctor Delayed by _ Conflict. There Is f opinion between the Distri. office, Brooklyn, and the Health Department of that bor- ouga as to which has churge of the case making inquiry: into the! Jedth of Frank Fletcher, the: eight-year-old boy | whose dudy was shipped to Richmond, Ind. Dr, A. E. Morrie, the woman physl- | clan, who signed the death certificate, practically admitted that the boy’ death was duc to Christian Sclence lect, ‘she claims she did no wron| as she knew he died of pneumonia, ‘Assistant District-Attorney’ Elder maid to an Evening World reporter to-day that If ths Board of Heaith had any complaint to mnke it should apply io the police and ‘get a. warrant for tho hrrest of the,person cr persona cuspec.ed of wrong-dolng. If the case ifrere thus brought intu court the Distrts-Attorney would a)- Pear and take charge of the: proseet- ton, . On the other hand, Dr. Bylvester J. Byrne, Registrar of Vital Statistics, who has charge of the Investigation, says that. he believes ‘the District-.At- torney will take. {ul charge of the ca: He catled on the District-attorney thie morning; but ad’ definite arrangemect ps WITHESS LE Justice Fursman Said He Didn't Believe Testimony. “Personally 1 do not believe a “word the witness, Greenburger, has sald on this sudject, and if you found the de- fendant guilty I should have to.set aside the verdict,” sald Justice Fursman {n the CFintinal Brangh of ‘the Supreme Court arge to the jury. Two minutes later the Jury seturned a verdict of not, guflty in the case of, Charles F, Wilson, a clerk In thé(Gouv- eneu: ‘Hospital, charged with suborna- tion of perjury In the cica of Jeare Re Davis, the Bellevue Hospital nurse who was acquitted-of the cairee of causing the death of Lewis If. Hillard ’ ‘This case was begun by Franklin Pierce, who was ‘uppointod Arststant District-Attorney under Topin. Joseph Grepnburger, when ple che stand to-day, swore thas He been employed in the Gouveneur? H pital gnd that Wilson ‘Aaadg offered him 450 to/testify falsely dn the: Davia cate. The Justice sald the man’ dould nor be belfeved because thgro waa no cor- rovorative testimony. ¥ —— 4 ‘ | y information pertalit’ All neceszai at The World's Vacation Bureau, don | haa | ing'to summer resorts free: of charge] - THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, J OE, MOTHER AND THE KIDS ARE HAPPILY REUNITED (ia) : (ty TELA lly See RR Ree erie el MAGISTRATE POOL’S KIND STATEMENT. The thanks of Mitle Joe, her and all per Rim are due World. The : whet the to-dny in mmomament to the unscifieh work of that paper t uniting “1 en porter wan to take the first payment onthe furniture selected. Another’surprise awaited Mra, Phillips there. “Mr. David Froelich, of the firm, when he learned the ientity of Mra, Philips, refused ¢o accept any money on ber account, SPhave read of the struseivs of thin Dedve boy,” he raid, “and av The Even- ing World hae provided a fut, 1 think the fetst we cam do te to Cueninh ft." sTate wan | Ata o'clowk on > Mat was fully turn alth rugs, chairs, ‘two fine bres bedeteads, mattresses, tedelothes—In fact, everything needful in w fat. And-besides. Mr. Frovllch thoughtfully equipped Mra, PUL pe who a full Tutht to enable her to de laundry work an dhelp in the support ot ner | P the tek of scqpring the the children, FOUND. DYING - IV THE STREET, Clarence Townsend's! . Skull Was Fractured by a Fall. release o Clarence Townsend, of No, M12 Fortieth strect, Brooklyn, wag found unconscious early to-day on Sixteenth! atreet, near Fifth avenue; Brookiyn. He_| was lying on the sidewalk about Atty | feet from the Fifth avenue police ata-! tion } The man’s clothes were saturated with | 'plooa trom various cute and {Btw head and face. His skuil bly fractured. fifth uvenue police station, where all ¢fforts..to revive, him ambulance failed. Then an wax tummoned from the! man's pockets were found a | jegram addressed to Clarence Town- send, uf No, 112°Firet place, and a pa- | sof J, H. Whiteroft, | ot N street, | The police suy Towrsen™ was not rob- jbed and thar his cendition was such that his wounds were probably due to! heayy fall on the sidewalk. ‘Townsend | War a oroker, | a - | i amE YOU ANXIOUS 'TQ.. SELI, ‘syour plano? You can get {n touch | wth gome one who wants to hug | qe through'a Basday World ag, | C The 12, 1901. IN ; Joe Has a Positio Has Bee Pad. 6-6 65) EDINA MIEDLALIGH DIO PHTD #2-3-s i ¢ {naon, of the Catholle story, willing to release Joe, he. Gerry Society Imerfered when Ewaing World went to get the little vita from the good sisters. ‘Thoy hud been ordered by the socety not to give up the girls without authority from Prewtdent Vernon M. Davis, of the So- ctety for the Prevention of Crunity to Chitdren, The Evening World interested Mr. Davis, and ‘to-day he signed an order that ompowere} The Evening World to report, whic was supplemented by & letter from Father Hughes, of the Pau Ist Fathers. Father Hughes, woo had been Interested by the Evening World, promised to m ake the Phillips family hia spectal charge, The new home ty only halt a block from the Paullst Chureh, ident Robinson, being satisfied, rd Joe's release, und in the care of « brother, he came down from Wert- chester. Aa he entered the house he Kissed hia mother and the had not seen the ttle ones fo Pree bur ¢ ket the children, They tad eset and then he gazed around in spe equipped with new clothes, shocs and surprise, a e C1 ay ered he shouted, ‘t this great hats by the sisters, and were ushered deel hejshouted thie v into their ol neat Httle house Glthtounhe ings hol ie ting “and K a dinner wax announced ver of Joy to eat, but he proudly took his at the’ head of the table and hie head aa hie mother uttered er of thankfulness. ; urtain is down on the drama in which Little Jor has been the hi He bexine lite under ple stances In the office of t to-morrow morning, and tunity. will be given him man he is fitted to be The mother wert over them, but all were anxious for the arrival of litue Joc. There nad been obstacles to &e sure mounted In his case. A visitor from the Protectory had to be satlefied that the home provided was ft for Joc. He Inspected the home last night and found it all that could be desired ' Thin morning he made his favorable ——4, = DR. DOTY’S WEDDING DAY. Health Officer WILL Mins Rees to the Altar. Dr, Alvan H. Daty, Health Oftcer « the Port of New York, will be married thes evening to Mins Blanche Idi Rees formerly of Pituaourg, Since the death of her father, several months ago, tic trids has lived with her sister, Mins Clementina Rees, at the Burlington 10. West Thirtieta ntreet. ‘The ceremony will Le performed by the MISS DUNCAN POPULAR. Lead per eie Dancer Makes Good pression In Paris. PARIS, June 12—Miss Isadora Dun- can in making a great success in Pa- y with her classic dances tn Her last reason in. London was not successful, although she hal several patrons of high rank. Mise Duncan's great mistake in L.on- Rey, Campbell Walker. rector of Bt |don, it te said, was in inviting acquaint. Fone ee, Gpureh., Clifton. By dj [ances to formal Sunday parties, at Health, will be best man. watch she gave solo dances, but pro- The ‘aoneymoon will be passed at Newport. drink . B. Altman ¢ Co. INFANTS’ WEAR. LONG and “snort SLIPS of Nain:ook, in Infan‘s’ sizes to 4 years, 38c. SHORT DRESSES of Lawn, in long wasted effects; sixes 2 to 4 year, 75¢. and $4.40 IMPORTED GUIMPES, sizes 18 months to4 yrs. O5¢. of fine LONG and SHORT DRESSES. very much Le'ow regu‘ar prices. THUR:DAY, June 13th. | * Also a number YOU CAN QUICKLY FIND SOME- ty become the | vided nothing for her guests to eat or | THEIR n and the n Prom- = ° et. =F oO 5 ised Work. Hep itltinininieiele insists £ FATHER HUGHES: “A TRUE CHARITY.” rt Wicicitetel<i-t: bright It te true char. tty, 8 make ft my nal care to nee that the iife a0 happily tn- day shall 5 Tam sure that Mes, Joe will juntity: odoin tinielebicieieiebeiei-iei-iei-i-l- “WAS A NOBLE ACT,” SAYS SISTER SUPERIOR. The placing of family tn on he own wae the that haw Mevoted In any Evening Wor noble uct—Alater § the Dominican t PROF. KOCH, OF GERMANY, CURES Consumpticn, Catarrh and Asthma. " 48 W. 22d St. PROF. KOCH The original Koch Lung Cure at 48 W. 22d st. are the only ones who have written authority to’ use the Koch Consumption and Asthma Cure. Send for pamphlet explaining, Hundreds of patients who have been curetl have gratuitously given their testimontals, which have been published. Consultation is free, Call for a free treatment. We have offices In most of the large cit- jes, ‘They are at 48 W. 22d st, N.Y. City; 1334 Arch st.,_ Philadelphia, : 501 N, Butaw et., 40 Exchange st., Rochester, N. ; ‘sheville, N.C. ., Washington, 1G D.C. the original and our only New York office, Call and be convinced, THE THOMPSIN GIMPINY SUPERBLY TAILORED HIGH GRADE SERGE SUITS HALF PRICE The fame of the “Thompson Serge Suits’ has been justly earned—the fabrics are tried and true; the linings cool and strong; the tailoring scientific. But as the Thempson Com- pat Clothiers, are retiring from ss (their uptown store at Broadway and 13th Street is closed, and both stores are for rent and fixtures for sale), BOTH MAMMOTH STOCKS are on sale at the downtown store, 245 Broadway, opposite City Hall Park, and just below Murray street. cng ch St $7.50 $10.00 $12.50 THE JOhomeson COMPANY ® CLOTHIERS |e 245 BROADWAY, NOW READY. The Pan-Ame @an ition of The Worid Almanac, The Thompson Co. y Malt Park. deat Hb low Stu taining a bird's-eye view of the Ex- $20.00, Hh CRADE SERGE SUITS position and plan of the grounds Superbly tailored The Thompson Co. $50.00 HIGH GRavé SEEGE SUITS body “to buy your camera or kodak !f you advertise it in the Sunday, World, esi. aus ich Silk Lining The Thompson Co. also much info: tion for visitors. Price 25 cents, All rewudealera or $25.00 HIGH GRADE SERGE SUITS by mail Baltimore, but the one at 48 W. 22d at. Is | Pee eiee eet JEW Rote HISTORY OF THE CASE OF LITTLE JOE PHILLIPS. April 17-Joe Phillips's mother sent to prison. May 26-Gerry Sdeiety brenks up little Joe's home. May 27—Joe's two sisters sent to the Dominican Sisters’ Convent. June 3-Joe committed to the Catholic Protectory. June 7-Joe’s mother pardoned through efforts of Evening World and released from prison June 10-Evening World rents home for lips family and Ludwig Baumann & Co. complete. June 12—Joe released from the Protectory and his two sisters from the Dominican Sisters’ Convent and the entire family reunited in their new home. the Phil- furnish it I tO sD SS Set SO OO OY e ‘Slice Sale. To-day we statt a tremendous sale of the Shoes of H. Taylor & Ca, 413 Arch St., Philadelphia, This firm are manufacturers of the finest men s Shoes produced in America. We are proud to be able to offer you their exclusive goods below usual cost—below wholesale value. 7,000 pairs in all—7,000 men to be congratulated ona lucky purchase. $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00 Shoes and Oxfords, made of th: very best Patent and Ideal Patent Leather, light and dark shades Ri Calf, brown and black Vici Kid, Imported Enamel, French cat Lace and Blech also Hunting Boots; all hand-stitchsd; fla iKh* last; all the newest shape toes, including the pliin common sens: ry width. Never sold under $5.00 $6.00 or $7.00; now at Sale Price $3.65 Per Pair, - $3.50 Shoes and Oxfords. A Notabl 3,500 pairs from the house of Parker, Holmes & Co.—Ten Russia Calf, black and tan Vici Kid, Box or Velour Calf, Catf Patent Leatker; all the new toe shapes, all widths and sizes; spectal pricessse.seeevese sees Sele at all Fou- Stores. Mail O ders F iled. Outfitters to Men and Boys, Four hs Brosdwayy near Sree SH a ‘; ; rt'andt St., bet. Church and Grzenwich St, Convenient 4 244 and 219 Sixth Ave., bet. 4th and 15th Sts. Stores. 125th St., corner 3d Ave. B. Altman a Co. MEN’S HALF HOSE of sitk, Liste, and Cotton, ina select variety of Fancy, Open work and Embroidered effects. 300 Dozen MEN'S HALF HOSE, Black or Colored Lisle Thread, in boxes containing . six pairs, THURSDAY, AT $1.15 PER BOX. FRICE 25 | of Dre CENTS. = * THE ELECTRIC TOWERS S ITH BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE EXPOS!ITION AND PLAN OF THE GROUNDS. ased Description of the Purposes of the : Exposition aud the numerous features, VALUABLE TO INTENDINGVISITO